Improvement in corn-planters



V N. swleART. Corn Planter.

No. 108,065.` Patented 0ct. 4, 1870.

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NA'IHAN -SWIGART, OF RIOHFIELI), OHIO.

vLetters Patent No. 108,065, dated October 4, 1870.

`IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-PLANTERS.

The' Schedule referred to in .these Letters Patent and making part ofthe same;

Be it known that I, NATHAN Swrennfr, of Rich field, in the.. county ofSummit and State of Ohio,

. have invented certain new and useful Improvements .m Gorn-.Planters,of which the-following is a specification.

Description of Drawing.

Figure 1 is a side view of the machine.` `liligure 2, a view of the top.

Figure 3,ia view :of the rear end.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the different views. i

Nature and Object of th'c Intention.

This invention has for `its 1 object the planting o f corn in hills, bymeans of a pair of rollers, in the pevriphery of which arc seed-cups,from which the corn is dropped to the hills in regular and equaldistances,

` as hereinafter set forth.

General Description.

' In the drawing, fig. 1-4

A represents a pairvot' wheels, secured in a rigid manner to a shaft, B,ou which is mounted aframe, O. 'In said frame is arranged a seedbox,-D,having two compartments, E li, fig. 2.

On the shaft refcrredto is a pair of rollers, G, so

` arranged in relation to the seed-boXes that their peripheries formthe' bottom thereof, as seenin lig. 2.

The under side of each roller is inclosedkby a shield,

" H, having therein a slet equa ing maar@ are Seedcups a, sunk iu `theperipheryof the rollers.

Said .cups in each roller are three in number, and

r the time of tlierevolution of the roller is such as to bring each cupin succession` in open relation to the slot in the shield, and indirection of the ground at every four .feet that the machine may moveforward, which 'is the distance that each hill is to be planted; thedistance, however, may be varied more or less by increasing orlesseningthe-number of the seed-cups.

L L represent two cross-beams,to one of'whichyL, are attached theAopeners J by means of Staple-bolts J. The coverers K are attached tothe cross-beam L by staple-bolts K in the' same manner, thus allowing` afree vertical adjustment of the share standards.

The thills M and handles I are. each, respectively,

attached by a single bolt to the cross-beams L L, and

. by a staple-bolt tothe end piece O of the rectangular Iframe.

Operation.` The practical operation of this machine is as foly lows Thegrain, -onbeinr placed in the seed-boxes, and the machine adjusted tothe liuc of work, the operator then holds the planter by the handles I.As the machine movesv forward, the rollers revolve by means of thewheels A, and, in so doing', carry the seed-cups, charged with some fouror five grains ot' corn, around to the slotin the shield H, throughwhich theydrop from the cup into the furrow plowed by the shares J,which is immediately covered by the scrapers K following in the wake ofthe shares.

By this machine tworows are planted at once, at Y 'regular and equaldistances apart, and each hilljin the row at'regular and uniformdistance from the other, thereby rendering the labor of plant-ing easy,and expeditiously performed.

l Claim. n

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure'by Letters Patent,is-

The arrangement of the' rectangular frame O, axle B, seed-wheels G5,hopper-s E F, openers J, and cov- Verers K, with thills' M and handlesI, all as and for the purpose set forth.

NATHAN SWIGART.

Witnesses: Y J. H. BURRIDGE D. L. HUMPHREY.

